do female poults do the turkey walk (strut)? I thought I had one male slate turkey and one female black spanish. only because he is always dominant towards her and hes been struting since he was teeny tiny they are now about 3 weeks old, i just seen the one i thought was a female struting...
never thought of this, what are the reasons I should vaccinate? or is it too late? I had a staggard hatch with 15 chicks, 9 hatched and 6 to go. the oldest is I believe 6 days old. They are all doing great I was just curious
just happened she was born this morning but is fluffy, she was walking around and then clear liquid spewed everywhere. is this normal??? shes acting fine, but she is still in the incubator with one other chick
i dont want to let the moisture out but our incubator stinks because i left the shells in there for two or three days and i just took them out, those shells stanked so should i clean it or leave it? dont want bacteria but i see a little slime on the floor from hatching that is green. the rest of...
2 chicks in the brooder right now, one in the incubator. the first chick to hatch was in the brooder alone yesterday, i noticed she was antsy inside the incubator so i took her out. now today im trying to integrate one but shes being so mean and trying to peck at her face nonstop, the other...
I dont know if this is the right place for poults. I got two from rural king 2 days ago, one of them non stop chirps unless i am holding him. I have tried everything and he still refuses to sleep unless i hold him. the room is dark and the other one is sleeping right under brooder light so i...
i wasnt home yesterday, which was day 18 of my eggs. i read the instructions of my incubator and it said to take the turn table tray out on day 18. its day 19 ive got three eggs moving. im not sure how to turn it off manually. but you can adjust the time when it turns at the top. does anyone...
sorry i couldnt find any answers on google. i got the incubator today, last night i ended up just letting my hen sit on her eggs, they are day 16 now, should i be worried if they are a little dirty? i figured maybe it wouldnt affect them because they are already developing. also is this eggs...
ive got eggs, day 15, my hen cant sit on the eggs anymore because she doesnt want to be moved away from the back yard and the other chickens keep getting in her nest. one of them cracked an egg today and my hen icy was so frantic about being in the front that she cracked one aswell. I cant get...
Its day 12 that my hen has been sitting on her eggs, but when she gets up to get food or water i keep finding more eggs. I tried to move her to the fromt yard in a small coop but she freaked out and ran back to her spot in the backyard. she was sitting on 14 and now theres 18, I cant tell them...
i dont know whats causing this, i think maybe vent gleet. i tried researching but i just dont know shes an old lady maybe 6 years old. is she a goner? shes got a swollen abdomen and a squishy crop and shes been like this for a while but i try to keep her clean. the thing is tho she doesnt seem...
my goats are menaces to our backyard. they ocasionally eat the chickens feed even though i put them down their own food i mean the chickens eat their food sometimes to so im not sure how to prevent this. we have our coop that shuts but its just wire so everytime i lock the chickens in there with...
is there any way to train an aggresive rooster? My boy Fez likes to bruise ankles and I cant even barely feed anyone without being attacked, dare I go outside without shoes on. I try chasing him around the yard, spraying him with the water hose, I thought maybe if i was nice to him he would stop...
I really dont know what I am doing wrong or if my flock just has some kind of sickness but its like i cant win for losing. My chickens keep getting pasty butt, I clean them and clean them, my older chickens have had this before we raised chicks and now my new chickens are gettibg it. I didnt...
hey guys, its been a while since ive been on here. About 3 days ago I bought this adorable mini roo from a guy on the side of the road because i was in love the second i saw him (so much that i paid 40 dollars...) but he is infested with mites. I used a tweezer to get them off his face which he...